Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-10-06

damage, he fell from the roof ana broke
his neck. Deceased was an old citizen.
An 11-year old son Of Ed. Teater of
Coldwater was killed, and an old lady
name UNKNOWN from the country seri-
ously Injured at the fair grounds in that
city, by sab from q machine striking
them on the head.
Ed Gilmartin OF Fort Wayne, for II
years superintendent OF the Grand Rapids
& Indiana telegraph lines repairing corp,
has resigned to engage In private business.
Gilmartin served rs telegraph line builder
under Grant during the war.
=. p. Leonard Of Muskegon has pur-
chased 500 acres of choice pine in Neway-
60 county from o. =. Pillsbury q Co,
Milwaukee. Estimated cut IA, 900, 900 feet,
Of which 5000, 900 will be logged this
winter. Consideration of purchase, s76,-
600.
Louis Anthony has been convicted in
the circuit court at Grand Rapids of the
heinous crime OF rape upon little girl
named Emma Carlson, aged 8 years, at
Lisbon In June last Anthony will prob
ably DO imprisoned for life In the state
prison.
Levi M. Brott, a convict In the jackson
prison, feigned paralysis and that he was
deaf and dumb, until the prison physician
remarked In Brotts presence that he
would cut his skull open to learn the ma
ture of his malady. Brott recovered at
once. He wanted pardon.
Miss Alma Evans of Milan, whose moth
or and brother died of milk poisoning,
died from the same cause n few days later.
Mr.. Evans, the only survivor Of the fami.
ly, will probably not recover. DIR.
Vaughn of Ann Arbor will examine Miss
Evans stomach for tyrotoxicon.
Lyman 7. Follett ex-judge OF probate
Of Kent county, who abscOnded early In
the summer, leaving several victims be-
hind, was seen by an acquaintance In
hatcher, Miss, where he appeared dirty.
ragged and penniless. The friend gave
him assistance and Follett went to Hon
duras.
Paul Vandervtrt. a Spring Lake barber,
and George Barth, tough Of that town,
filled up on whiskey and then proceeded
to fight. The barber was badly cut about
the face and head, and is In critical
condition. A suit has been brought
against the man who sold the men the
liquor.
Orsemus Rathbun, one OF the oldest
pioneers in Caledonia township, Kent
comfy, was so badly gored by bull that
he attempted TO secure, that he died from
tie effects the next day. His daughter
in-law finally drove the beast Off with a
pole before the old man had been literally
torn TO pieces.
A game Of base ball was being played ut
Port Huron Sunday, Oct 2. Sam Crosier,
aged II, Il 9 pitcher, dill not pitch to suit
Dan Murphy, and the latter In fit Of an
ger picked up ball club and struck Cro-
sier over the head, inficting a wound
vi ich will prove fatal. Murphy. who is
but Is years old, was arrested.
At reunion OF tho Carpenter family at
Lapeer six brothers and sisters, who had
not been together for SO years, met and
spent few pleasant hours together. They
are Joseph aged so, Eunice 40, Roxy 10,
Samuel ~, David 60 and Jason 67. All
are in rea onably good health and look
forward to making their aggregate OF AS
years much greater.
The Flushing Coal Stone and Mining
company have finally succeeded in drilling
through the stratum of fire clay in their
coal mine, and much to their surprise and
qualification they find underlying 1t anoth-
er stratum OF coal four feet thick and of
quality much superior to that lying above
the fire clay, Icing Of older formation.
The clay stratum Is nineteen feet and
seven inches thick. This last find adds
immensely to the value of the property.
As wealthy farmer named George
Durham, aged IS, who lives near Flush
ing. was driving to East Saginaw the other
night with load OF onions, he was struck
by the engine of passenger train on the
+. &. p. NJ. The horses sprang out Of
danger, but the wagon, with Durham and
contents, was thrown a considerable dis
tance. He was picked up and taken to
ST. Mary's hospital, when II was found
that his back was Injured. The doctor
thinks his injuries will not be fatal.
s. II. Lvans, wife, son and daughter,
who live two miles from Milan, drank
freely of milk which had been kept in a
cold. musty Gel ar, and were taken vio-
lently ill. The local doctor was summoned
In great haste and made diagnosis of
milk poisoning and sent for DIR. VaughR
of the university, who discovered the poi
son developed under certain conditions in
milk, cheese and oysters and named 1t
tyrotoxicon. The son, aged II, died in
great agony, and Mrs. Evans was In o pre-
carious condition for several hours.
Burglars operated very successfully In
Richmond the other night, securing from
Heath, Conway G. Co., 5000 in change and
notes valued at 500. Weeter, Tanning &
Co., were also visited and about $50 taken
from the money drawer. At Seth La
throp's store the safe was drilled. powder
inserted and the outside door blown of.
The burglar chest contained 81, 0o0 which
would doubtless have been secured had
they not been discovered by man who
was awakened by the explosion. Nothing
missing but notes and papers Of small
| value.
William A. Taylor of Lansing gave a
prohibition lecture at Sutton's Bay re-
Gently and during the progress Of the
meeting band of hoodlums tried to break
1t up by pounding on tin pans and creating
a general disturbance outside the bnilding.
When the meeting broke up the people
were attacked as they came outside and
John Cudham and Levi Cozert were seri-
ously bruised and cut up. The mob
shouted xiii him! kill himl" meaning
Mr.. Taylor, but he escaped. The work Is
alleged to have been instigated by liquor
dealers. Hubert and John Duester, and
Hubert Duester, Jr., have been arrested
for making the assault